How to Use make certain in a Sentence

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• Certain moments make certain songs, and that was one of them.
  — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2025
• Dental changes or missing teeth can make certain foods harder to chew.
  — Sundeep Venkatesan, The Conversation, 23 Mar. 2026
• Time for Utah to bolt, to jump ship, and to make certain its football future.
  — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Aug. 2023
• People feel like women should play a certain role and make certain music.
  — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 18 Nov. 2022
• Glass’s cold melodies break up the scenes, and make certain moments of high tension seem as though they were snatched from a thriller.
  — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2022
• Parents also will be able make certain words or topics off limits.
  — Taylor Lorenz, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2023
• But doing so might make certain functions, such as a transportation app, not work.
  — Washington Post, 4 May 2022
• Certain things have to be done in certain order to make certain that folks don't get displaced all over again.
  — Mark Nichols, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2023
• For one, they're loaded with vitamin C, which helps your body make certain white blood cells.
  — Lindsay Curtis, Health, 8 Dec. 2025
• Players are expected to make certain times during their many sprints.
  — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 8 Sep. 2025
• For the assessment, the team had to make certain assumptions.
  — Doug Johnson, Ars Technica, 4 May 2022
• Chip tariffs could make certain products more difficult to find.
  — Bailey Schulz, USA Today, 8 Aug. 2025
• What might make certain pockets of a city more vulnerable than others?
  — Justine Calma, The Verge, 29 Sep. 2023
• That includes the use of yardsticks to make certain water measurements along canals.
  — Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Mar. 2023
• Run your dishwasher on the hottest setting (run your sink on hot for a minute or two first to make certain hot water has reached the kitchen).
  — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 15 Sep. 2023
• How does a person make certain that this information is available?
  — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 30 Apr. 2023
• The freedom is something that might make certain other royals jealous.
  — Alyson Krueger, New York Times, 5 May 2023
• When choosing cat foods, make certain that meat or meat by-products are the first ingredients listed.
  — Matt Robison, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025
• Socks can make certain shoes much more comfortable, but several boat shoes may perform best without them.
  — Max Inchausti, Field & Stream, 9 Jan. 2023
• Spaceflight may make certain types of human stem cells age faster, a study suggests — but at least some of the damage may be reversible.
  — Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 17 Sep. 2025
• But the city can make certain zoning which is not restrictive or overly burdensome.
  — Gqlshare, Orange County Register, 4 Oct. 2024
• The product's main source of carbohydrates is rice, which can make certain dog breeds sensitive to it.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 23 Oct. 2022
• These additions can make certain pretzel products closer to a dessert than a simple snack.
  — Brianna Tobritzhofer, Health, 30 Dec. 2025
• Use air conditioning when possible, or make certain that open windows and doors have screens.
  — Erika Edwards, NBC News, 29 July 2023
• The movement already has produced a flurry of new laws that make certain topics off-limits in the classroom.
  — USA Today, 20 Oct. 2022
• But they were told that the genre was either rap, country or heavy metal and asked to make certain judgments about the lyrics and the person who wrote them.
  — Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 27 Jan. 2024
• Most accounts say that Biden believed more work needed to be done before a raid was launched, such as one more pass with a drone to make certain.
  — Glenn Kessler, Washington Post, 18 July 2024
• Genie 3 may make certain types of immersive teaching possible for the first time.
  — Dan Fitzpatrick, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
• Improved depression symptoms could also help a person make certain lifestyle changes that boost brain health.
  — Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 16 Dec. 2025
• This Mediterranean herb likes the heat but not the humidity, so make certain to plant it in full sun in sandy or gravelly soil.
  — Michelle Darrisaw, Southern Living, 25 June 2026